The care of mentally ill patients majorly progressed since the 1800’s and much of this advancement must be credited to Dorothea Dix. During part of the 19th century many perceived the mentally ill as ‘lost souls’. People viewed these patients as incurable and helpless. Mental patients were mistreated, taken advantage of, beaten, thrown into unclean quarters, and abused. Dorothea Dix, a pioneer of her time, advocated for the mentally ill. She changed the way these people were viewed and most importantly the way they were treated. Dix rebelled against inadequacies and campaigned, alone, for the rights of the mentally ill. The public, as well as the government, treated the mentally ill as criminals and sent them to live in unfit conditions of the jails – exiling them ultimately lead to death. These harsh conditions were viewed as “enough” for the mentally ill because they did not know any better, or deserve any better.
Dorothea Lynde Dix was born on April 4th......

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